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Bishop 'Sat On' Claims of Priest Abuse

By Dan Box
The Australian
January 17, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/bishop-sat-on-claims-of-priest-abuse/story-fngburq5-1226555537934

A CATHOLIC bishop failed to act on years of allegations of child sex abuse by a priest, or to pass these warnings on to another diocese where the priest was later accused of abusing an altar boy, a report has found.

The report, written by the former Federal Court judge Antony Whitlam QC and published today, makes a series of damning findings about the church's management of the priest, who is identified only as "F".




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